Card playing, and music were considered by the puritans to be taboo; these practices were prohibited

Dancing

Explanation:

Technically, dancing is not necessarily banned by the bible (and puritans took their cues from the old testimonies).

But, the puritans believed that dancing tend to be associated with other social activities that lead to sins (hugging the opposite sex, revealing clothing, etc). Because of this, the puritans thought of it as taboo.

social contract theory basically says that all individuals are born equal, and provided a god given right to consent to be governed. american government is based of this

thomas hobbes and john locke said that we are selfish, individualistic, and constantly at war with each other, therefore we need to be controlled. 

government is defined as the legitimate use of force to control human behavior within territorial boundaries, here comes in hobbes and locke.

hobbes takes the part about controlling human behavior. while locke takes the part of legitimate use of force, since force is not legitimate unless there is consent of the people. 

there are basically 3 goals of the government: 1) maintain order by protecting life and property. 2) providing public goods, those which are typically not provided by the public sector, such as roads and education. 3) promote equality be it political, opportunist or outcome equality. 

i think it was because of how protected egyptian civilization was was which allowed them to evolve without much outside influence.